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  • Animal Science
    1249 Meyer Hall
    Davis, CA 95616
    Tel: (530) 752-2382
    Fax: (530) 752-0175
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  • 250 Mrak Hall
    One Shields Avenue
    Davis, CA 95616

    Phone: (530) 752-0650
    Fax: (530) 752-6222
Animal Biology

Application Deadline

  • 2013 ADMISSION
  • Priority: Jan. 15
  • Final: May 31

    2013 FELLOWSHIP
  • Prospective Student Fellowship: Jan. 15
  • Continuing Student Fellowship: Dec. 1

Degrees Offered

  • M.S. Plan I
  • M.S. Plan II
  • Ph.D. Plan B

Designated Emphases

Admission Requirements

  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Bachelor's degree, GRE scores, and completed application.
  • Prerequisite coursework in physiology, genetics, animal science, biochemistry, chemistry, biology, and statistics.
  • Confirmed Major Professor.

Degree Requirements

Students follow the degree requirements reflecting the year s/he was admitted or the most recent version below.

Administrative Bylaws

Students gain advanced knowledge of animal biology from lipid modification and the interaction of the immune system with animal growth, to conservation of indigenous species, cloning and reproduction, and the interaction of animal behavior with genetic modification. Students graduate with the qualitative and quantitative skills necessary for professional research and teaching in integrated animal biology and animal agriculture.

This program is an interdisciplinary Graduate Group.

For more information, visit the Animal Biology website.

Contacts

Program Chair
James D Murray Animal Science (530) 752-3179
Academic Advisers
Russell Hovey
(Adviser: General) 		Animal Science 9/1/12 - 8/31/14 (530) 752-1682
Silas S Hung
(Adviser: General) 		Animal Science 9/1/12 - 8/31/14 (530) 752-3580
Elizabeth Maga
(Adviser: General) 		Animal Science 9/1/12 - 8/31/14 (530) 752-5930
James D Murray
(Adviser: Admissions and Primary Contact) 		Animal Science 9/1/12 - 8/31/14 (530) 752-3179
Cassandra Tucker
(Adviser: General) 		Animal Science - (530) 754-5750
Graduate Program Staff Coordinator
Joyce Fernandez Avian Sciences & Animal Biology (530) 752-2382
Student Affairs Officer (SAO) in the Office of Graduate Studies
Laura Young Office of Graduate Studies (530) 752-2772